
KOTA KINABALU: A mother held back tears upon hearing her late daughter's name being called at the 23rd Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) convocation ceremony here this morning.
Cheng Lak Mooi, 65, received the scroll on behalf of her daughter Ng Yi Ming, 35, from the Sabah Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Juhar Mahiruddin.
Ng, a recipient of the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) high-level degree in psychology, died from heart related problems last year.
"Before receiving a PhD in psychology at UMS, my daughter received a Bachelor's Degree Honours in Industrial and Organisational Psychology at the same varsity.
"Besides that, she is also the recipient of a Master of Science in Child Developmental Psychology from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)," she said.
Cheng said the family is proud of Ng's high achievement despite her poor health condition.
She said her daughter had undergone valve replacement surgery in September 2014 and after the operation, Ng often suffered from heart palpitations.
"She breathed her last on Feb 21 last year after over 20 years of suffering from 'mitral valve prolapse'," she added.
"She had made her presentation on Jan 21 last year before being given three months to correct the thesis.
"She did it despite having to face poor health", she said.
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KOTA KINABALU – Graduan Fakulti Pengajian Islam (FIS), Mohamad Hilmi Mohd Zalis, 24, berjaya merangkul Anugerah Pelajaran Diraja pada Majlis Konvokesyen Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) Kali ke-23, Sidang 1, kelmarin.
Beliau menerima anugerah tersebut yang disampaikan oleh Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sabah, Tuan Yang Terutama Tun Datuk Seri Panglima (Dr.) Haji Juhar bin Datuk Haji Mahiruddin, Canselor UMS.
Hilmi berkata, dia berjaya mencatatkan purata nilai gred kumulatif (CGPA) 3.93 dan terpilih menerima anugerah tersebut.
“Saya terkejut dan pada masa yang sama sangat bersyukur apabila menerima makluman berkenaan dengan penganugerahan ini.
“Saya tidak sangka memandangkan terdapat lebih ramai graduan lain yang mempunyai keputusan yang lebih cemerlang,” ujarnya.
Beliau yang tidak pernah putus asa untuk mendapatkan anugerah dekan pada setiap semester menyatakan bahawa tips pembelajarannya adalah sentiasa berdoa kepada Yang Maha Esa, memohon keberkatan daripada ibu bapa, dan sentiasa berpegang teguh dengan prinsip serta jadual pengajian yang telah ditetapkan.
“Dorongan dan tunjuk ajar yang diberikan oleh rakan-rakan serta para pensyarah yang tidak putus-putus memberikan ilmu pengetahuan dan pandangan bernas menjadi salah satu sebab mengapa saya boleh sampai hingga ke tahap ini.
Hilmi yang merupakan anak bongsu daripada 5 adik beradik dan berasal dari Johor menceritakan beberapa perancangan yang bakal dilakukannya selepas ini iaitu untuk melanjutkan pengajian ke peringkat sarjana secara pembelajaran jarak jauh.
“Sementara menunggu peluang tersebut, saya bekerja di syarikat abang dalam industri perkhidmatan dan bekalan peralatan rumah,” katanya yang juga pernah bertugas di Politeknik Sultan Johor.
Sebagai rekod, seramai 27 graduan FIS menerima ijazah pada majlis ini dan menjadi kumpulan pertama dari fakulti ini yang bergraduat.
KOTA KINABALU: Ahar Tabe who was born blind received his Bachelor of Social Science with Honours (Sociology and Social Anthropology) degree at Universiti Malaysia Sabah's (UMS) 23rd convocation ceremony, here.
The fifth of seven siblings from Tawau said that he faced a lot of challenges in pursuing tertiary education due to his disability.
"It is undeniable that everything requires eyesight, so I utilised creativity to solve it. The current technological advancement has also helped people with disability like me to face such challenges," he said in a statement.
Ahar attributed his success to UMS which provided the necessary facilities to help him and other disabled undergraduates in completing their studies.
The university has an OKU Management Centre which specifically manages matters related to people with disabilities.
"UMS provides special transportation for students with disabilities. We just call the bus and it will be sent to our class.
"I am glad to get to this level, despite the many challenges, including the Covid-19 pandemic," he added.
Ahar is now undergoing six months of job training at a local company.
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